one night; one evening; all night; overnight
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
beginning; clue; starting point
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
programme; program; plans; arrangements
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
bet; wager; stake; gamble
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
you (plural); all of you; you all
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to surround; to crowd around
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor